Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients (n=151)
| Socio-demographic characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 91.0 (60.3) |
| Female | 60.0 (39.7) |
| Education | |
| Illiterate | 44.0 (29.1) |
| Less than secondary school | 43.0 (28.5) |
| Secondary school and above | 64.0 (42.4) |
| Job | |
| Has a job | 76.0 (50.3) |
| Housewife | 33.0 (21.9) |
| Student | 19.0 (12.6) |
| Unemployed | 13.0 (8.6) |
| Retired | 10.0 (6.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 49.0 (32.5) |
| Married | 84.0 (55.6) |
| Widowed | 15.0 (9.9) |
| Divorced | 3.0 (2.0) |
| Breadwinner | |
| Patient only | 85.0 (56.3) |
| Another family member | 66.0 (43.7) |
| Time interval till diagnosis and the start of receiving DOTS, mo | |
| ≤3 | 98.0 (64.9) |
| >3 | 53.0 (35.1) |
| Age | |
| Range (min–max) | 58.0 (18.0–76.0) |
| Mean±SD | 39.0±15.7 |
| Family member | |
| Range (min–max) | 10.0 (1.0–11.0) |
| Median (IQR) | 4.0 (3.0–6.0) |
| Rooms’ number | |
| Range (min–max) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) |
| Median (IQR) | 3.0 (3.0–4.0) |
| Duration of pre-treatment period from initial care-seeking to being diagnosed for TB, day | |
| Range (min–max) | 358.0 (7.0–365.0) |
| Median (IQR) | 90.0 (30.0–120.0) |
DOTS: Directly Observed Therapy; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; TB: tuberculosis.